This chaos and voter suppression are entirely preventable. Secretaries of States and election officials should be doing everything in their power to expand mail-in voting, guarantee no-excuse absentee ballots, and expand early voting. And Congress should be providing them the resources to do so.

While much has rightfully been written about the “socialism” of Bernie Sanders' democratic socialism, the “democratic” portion of his platform is where he left a particularly indelible mark.